Articles from September 2015

Global adventurer, motivational speaker and philanthropist Leon Logothetis will speak at Prescott Elementary School at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, in the school’s gymnasium. The event is open to the public and admission is free.

As a $30 million renovation of Hempstead High School comes to a close, the Dubuque Community School District will host an open house and dedication for the addition on Saturday, Oct. 3.

The event will begin with a dedication ceremony at 10 a.m. in the school’s new auditorium, followed by an opportunity for guests to explore the new facilities until noon. The dedication and open house are open to the public and all are invited to attend.

Check out this year’s first District-Wide Update, featuring high school Respect Retreats, welcoming a new School Board member, recognizing Deaf Awareness Month, and a gluten-free Savvy Student Challenge!

The Dubuque Community School District has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International for having met or exceeded the program’s high standards for financial reporting and accountability. The award is for the district’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending in 2014.

The Dubuque Community School District’s annual surplus auction will be held on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, outside the district’s buildings and grounds office at 2300 Chaney Road. The auction, conducted by Hess & Johnston Auction Service, begins at 4 p.m. and is open to the public.

The Dubuque Community School District will host its annual Elementary Fun Run on Saturday, Sept. 19, at 10:30 a.m. at Dalzell Field. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. and all ages are welcome to participate in the free event. An adult must accompany participating children to the event.

The event, hosted as part of the district’s wellness education program, is designed to provide a fun morning of recreation while promoting lifelong wellness in the community.

Dubuque Senior High School will unexpectedly become the first school in the district to implement the district’s new phone system following a lightning strike that took down the first system. The transition will take place this weekend.

The district was scheduled to begin implementation of the new system on September 28 in one of the district’s smaller elementary schools. After determining that the current equipment at Senior (scheduled to be placed in a matter of months anyway) would be costly to repair, staff instead began preparing to move directly into the new system to restore phone service in the building.

District technology staff will be working with Heartland Systems, the firm helping manage migration to the new system, to get Senior up-and-running on the new system this weekend.

Main Number and Attendance Number at Senior Operational, Other Lines Still Down

The main phone number at Dubuque Senior High School (563-552-5500) and the school’s attendance office number (563-552-5502) are now operational and accepting multiple calls simultaneously on a limited number of lines. For the time being, all calls to Senior should be directed to these numbers, as additional numbers are still not operational.

Technicians are continuing to address the problem and an updated timeframe for restoration of service should be available tomorrow.

The phone system went down this morning from a suspected lightning strike.

Due to a suspected lightning strike from the recent storm, the phone system at Dubuque Senior High School is currently down. Technicians are working to analyze the situation and a timeframe for restoration will be shared as it becomes available.

Those needing to contact Senior in an emergency, should contact the Dubuque Community School District main offices at 563/552-3000.